Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen


Gintama: The Movie

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Synonyms: Gintama: Benizakura Arc - A New Retelling, Gintama Movie: Crimson Sakura Chapter New Edition, Gintama: Shin-yaku Benizakura-hen
Japanese: 劇場版 銀魂 新訳紅桜篇
English: Gintama: The Movie
German: Gintama: Der Film
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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 24, 2010
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Sunrise
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Themes: HistoricalHistorical, ParodyParody, SamuraiSamurai
Demographic: ShounenShounen
Duration: 1 hr. 35 min.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.521 (scored by 9747897,478 users)
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Ranked: #1312
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Popularity: #1469
Members: 168,294
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Mar 13, 2011
This movie is basically a remake of the Benizakura story arc (episodes 58-61) of the series Gintama. For those who are unfamiliar with it, Gintama is a comedy series set in an alternate universe, where Japan is taken over by aliens. It follows the adventures of Sakata Gintoki - former samurai, who is always broke. He works as a “yorozuya” (something like a mercenary) together with two teenagers and does various tasks to make a living. The series are more like a parody of popular anime series and characters. The whole concept of mixing samurai, space technology, aliens and comedy may sound strange, but ...
Jul 8, 2013
For all of those who are skeptical or were skeptical of Gintama, this movie will suck you into the hype. I was once filling the shoes you're wearing right now, but after watching this movie it changed my outlook on how I viewed anime.

This movie's plot comes from episodes 58-61 of the original series, just redone. The story is phenomenal (Gintoki keeps his former friend from destroying Edo).

The art is typical Gintama, as are the character's audio.

What pushed me to love this was that the enjoyment was simply satisfying. From the usual Gintama, I would just get a laugh and that was ...
Sep 6, 2011
Mixed Feelings
"Hey I got a great idea! Why don't we (Sunrise) show our fans something they already seen before and turn into a movie! Wow, great! Yeah, great marketing scheme to pull in the profits."

Is it really necessary for me to explain and describe the plot and characters in this review even though you obviously seen the anime and if not why are you, the reader even going to attempt to watch the movie? You won't understand it.

In all seriousness what was the point of this movie? I thought it was going to be something original, something that Gintama fans never seen before. But it turned ...
Jun 25, 2012
The standard shonen jump series based movie often have an original story written entirely just for the occasion. . . Or yearly routine, but having a movie based on one of the series many story arcs is either playing it safe with material fans already know of, or it's just simply being lazy. . . And the Yorozuya knows all too well about laziness.

STORY: Gintama Shinyaku Benizakura-hen is the first (And mostly the only) movie for the Gintama franchise, I movie that adapts one of the series' most famous arcs, the Benizakura arc. . . Or more accurately, rehashes the Benizakura arc giving it a ...
May 8, 2018
Mixed Feelings
**If you are watching this instead of the original episodes, I highly suggest you skip the cutscene after the credits then go back around episode 147. They'll show characters that have yet to appear in the series.

I started watching this show a few weeks ago. After watching 57 episodes of the show, I decided to watch this movie instead of the original episodes (58-61) since many recommended it and said it was better than the original. Before I continue with this review, I am basing my review only on the arc itself and the movie as a whole without relying on the original episodes (58-61). ...
Mar 3, 2012
Well, I'd say that it's true that 95% of the scenes in this movie was already seen by the viewers who have watched Gintama from episodes 59 (or something) and so on. But it was great since they showed some scenes that was never seen before.
Everything for me is just perfect, and even though I've already seen this in normal Gintama episodes, I still enjoyed it to the fullest.
I actually thought that they would never dub it again since the scenes are just the same with the episodes we first saw.
But I was proved wrong. Anyway, this movie is still the best!
Mar 21, 2013
Mixed Feelings
Its just a copy and paste of a couple episodes of the series and the parts they did take from the series are not that great and the stuff that they added are bland a big dissapointment from a fan of the series
May 9, 2015
WARNING: REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
NOTE: I will not be comparing to the anime Bt as a movie adaptation


STORY:7/10
its a copy and paste from the anime with some well accepted added scenes which were probably never in the anime the story itself isn't anything great but doesn't let you get bored because of the jokes and other screenplay motions.

ART:10/10
The art is absolutely beautiful they improved It alot with better lighting shadowing etc. You get the point. And also the absolutely amazing fight scene added at the end of the movie (Gintoki and Katsura vs Amanto) was certainly a treat for all the fans of ...
Apr 10, 2022
Mixed Feelings
The Benizakura arc of the anime Gintama was one of the first "good arcs" in chronological order. And it shows, the stakes were more reasonable, the setting less absurd and as of season 1 is probably the third, if not the second best arc when it comes to characterization (not character development, Gintama doesn't have much of it).

This re-telling isn't much better than the original, aside from the production value, due to it being a movie. Don't get fooled by its high rating, the move is not worth seeing over the original arc, re-telling is only true because some events needed to be re-fitted into ...
Oct 25, 2012
this movie is pretty much the same as the arc as staed several times by the characters of gintama. Although there was one or two new scenes. In one of those scenes they had my favorite character of all time ( Kagura-chan being my first favorite). Those new scenes made it worth for me.
Jun 10, 2016
Gintama is a good show. I have to admit that. The comedy of the show is really good. However, this movie only has less comedy and it shows more of its serious side. Is it a good movie?

It is a good movie, but it's not a 10/10 for me.

I believe this is the first Gintama arc that shows its serious side. It introduces, if not, develops characters that links to Gintoki's backstory. The film does show its epic moments. By the ending, it raises more question on Gintoki's past which makes me curious (I still have to watch the anime to find out).

I couldn't score ...
May 29, 2021
As a people, who have seen all gintama series before movies, I can say that this movie as a standalone work is not perfect and not representing all essence of Gintama series.
Despite this, the movie is really well done, develops a few main characters (Katsura, Takasugi, Gintoki and etc.), has humor and drama core of Gintama.

All in all:
Story 8/10 (Rapidly developing story, not like any other Gintama stories, movie format has its drawbacks)
Art 9/10 (Not best, but really good);
Sound 8/10 (Appropriate, but not amazing);
Character 7/10 (It's not possible to show all Gintama charaters in few hours);
Enjoyment 7/10 (Really short to show essence of Gintama ...
Jun 15, 2014
Sorry, first review but this needs to be known to everyone...

Good movie from a good series (well, as much as I've seen anyway). It's funny, it's got good fight scenes (and animation in general) and a coherent plot (even if it is just a re-hash of a existing story-arc), what more could you want?(besides romance... although I suppose you could say that it's already there...)

All right, to my main concern... So my friend showed me this the other night and this is very minutely a spoiler (even though it's been a solid 4 years), but did anyone else notice a possible Rick Roll when ...
Mar 21, 2023
I liked the Benizakura arc. It was good. It was a good mix of the classic Gintama and enough action that it pleased me. Though I wished to see more of the Amanto, it was good.

Story: The story was all around good. Nothing much to say.

The Animation: It was okay, good for episodes meh for a movie.

Music: -

Why you should watch it: Good Action and an amazing arc. If you have already seen the Benizakura arc in the Gintama show then no need to watch it but other than that it was good.

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Dec 9, 2012
With one of the most popular arc of Gintama comes the movie version of it.

Of course, you wouldn’t understand this movie if you haven’t seen the anime version of it. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting much because I thought it would be just a compilation of the episodes from the series but I couldn’t be so wrong. I strongly believe that the movie is made even better from the anime version. You can feel the strong touch of a film from this movie which makes it quite different from the series. You will enjoy it just like watching a motion picture.

Because it is ...
Jan 11, 2022
“Something that exists for one sole purpose is eternally elegant and beautiful.”

- Takasugi Shinsuke

Gintama: The Movie (or Gintama: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen) is a solid adaptation of a classic arc which is often touted as being what got people hooked on Gintama. While this isn’t true for most, it does make the most sense that this arc was chosen to get adapted into a movie (twice if we are including the live-action films). Most of the important characters, outside of the main trio, are new and the plot doesn’t rely on the context given by prior episodes. This means that it can be tailored more to an ...
May 24, 2020
This was a retelling of one of the better Arcs from Season 1. And it was an extremely good retelling.

Whilst staying true to the original episodes, having better graphics and some original humour thrown in made it an enjoyment to watch.

Honestly I'm not a big fan of movies but the pacing, timing and action shown was extremely good. I was even moved to tears at one point and unusually didn't really lose interest for the hour and a half.

An extremely good first movie, in my tp 5 of movies I've watched to date in fact. Certainly much better than the typical machine gun ...
Feb 3, 2021
Gintama: Benizakura was amazing. The duality of comedy & seriousness is beyond what I’ve previously seen in fiction. Thematically, choreographically, and cinematically such a well rounded movie. Sorachi turns what made you laugh into what will make you cry.

This is an amazing re-adaption of the arc and this movie really bumped up the quality with the newer and better adaption of the source material.

If you've been struggling to get into Gintama, I think this is an great Introduction to see if you would like the series (Only do this if you're struggling to get through early Gintama)


Overall I think this was an ...
Sep 15, 2020
I'm in a weird spot right now because I'm about to review this movie before reviewing the first set of Gintama on MAL (the first 201 episodes). Now, this review is coming from someone who has just gotten into the franchise, so all you old fans out there, don't judge me. This review is not only going to talk about the Benizakura arc, but how the film differs from the series (episodes 58-61) so that those reading this will know which to watch. In case you want to know, I watched the film, then skimmed through the series' episodes.

Let's start with the art. Between the ...
Jun 19, 2021
Mixed Feelings
Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen


Gintama Movie 1: Shinyaku Benizakura-hen

It should be noted -
- Anyone who wants to insert the film during the series can do so. He has to skip episodes 58-61, which show the Benizakura-hen arc in the anime. This movie is the same arc just reissued, with better animation and additional scenes. This means that you don't have to watch episodes 58-61 and watch the movie because that's the same thing.


In fact, almost nothing can be said about this film as an individual, as it shows nothing new and, as mentioned, only contains a few episodes of the series in HD. However, thanks ...